Intel Core i7-12700KF — Specifications and Blender benchmarks

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 12000
Family
Intel Core i7
Generation
12
Name
Intel Core i7-12700KF
Predecessor
Intel Core i7-11700KF
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
8x Golden Cove
B-Core
4x Gracemont
Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
CPU Cores
12
CPU Threads
20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
5 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
4.7 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None

Hardware codec support

AV1
Decode
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
256 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
PCIe lanes
20
PCIe version
5.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
125 W
TDP (PL2)
228 W / 56 s
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Alder Lake S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
L2-Cache
2.5 MB
L3-Cache
25 MB
Part Number
BX8071512700K
Release date
Q4/2021
Socket
LGA 1700
Technology
10 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-12700KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

No data

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 14

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Intel Core i7-12700KF
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux	347.011907 samples/min Submissions: 6
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	278.887706 samples/min Submissions: 43
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux	360.121925 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	289.715603 samples/min Submissions: 24
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux	321.017466 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	273.398609 samples/min Submissions: 43
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	276.449649 samples/min Submissions: 55
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	274.137726 samples/min Submissions: 32
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux	349.422858 samples/min Submissions: 6
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	289.770122 samples/min Submissions: 95
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Linux	332.739535 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	283.116113 samples/min Submissions: 6

More tests: 2

Test and settings	Intel Core i7-12700KF
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	261.198774 samples/min Submissions: 10
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	299.652343 samples/min Submissions: 10

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Result	Reported conditions
7153.689873 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows System RAM: 64 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B760 GAMING X DDR4 Duration: 139.788 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.